Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 10, 1956

(M-G-M), John Patrick's Broadway play based on Vern Sneider's novel, won
the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1954. Translated to the screen by
Playwright Patrick and Director Daniel Mann, it will probably impress
most entertainment shoppers as one of the better comedy buys of the
season.

Like the play, the movie makes a pleasant pretense of seeing Americaby
seeing American military governmentas others see it. Along with the
banalysis of democrazy, though, the authors have provided one of the
most hilarious stripe teases of recent years. The big...